89R11995 JAM-D
By: A. Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3026
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the payment of fees and costs associated with driver
education and safety courses and driver's license examinations for
certain students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 521.168, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 521.168. PAYMENT OF FEES FOR CERTAIN [FOSTER AND
HOMELESS] CHILDREN AND YOUTHS.
SECTION 2. Section 521.168(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Unless prohibited under Section 521.4265(c), the Texas
Workforce Commission shall on request pay the fees associated with
meeting a requirement imposed under this subchapter or Chapter
1001, Education Code, for a person who is:
(1) eligible for a driver's license fee exemption
under Section 521.1811; [or]
(2) younger than 26 years of age and:
(A) was in the managing conservatorship of the
Department of Family and Protective Services on the day before the
person's 18th birthday; or
(B) is a homeless child or youth as defined by 42
U.S.C. Section 11434a; or
(3) educationally disadvantaged, as defined by
Section 5.001, Education Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.